What time will we know who has won the UK 2017 general election?

Here's what will happen on the night.

Britain is holding a snap election on 8 June, which will be the second general election in two years. After voting for the candidate we want to see win our constituency, most of us will stay up to watch the first results be declared and then head to bed - and wait to find out the result in the morning.

If there is a clear winner, the final result should be known at around 3am on Friday morning.

In 2010, however, the election led to a hung Parliament where no single party had a majority of votes. This can be attributed to a number of factors, including low voter turnout.

The 2010 election result saw a coalition emerge between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. If this happens again, we could end up with a coalition government, which can take days to negotiate.

A man shelters from the rain as he arrives at a polling station in LondonNIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images